Biostatistician

The Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation ADAPT in Durham, NC is seeking one staff biostatistician (GS-11/12) to join our biostatistics core. We are looking for a self-starter with a strong motivation to learn new
methods for data analysis and data management, and a desire to be part of a health services research team. ADAPT’s core faculty and staff conduct creative, high-quality health services research in close partnership with VA leadership for the benefit of our nation’s Veterans. The Center offers organized research programs as well as cross-cutting methods labs and community and organizational partners to ensure that research studies are designed to address VA’s highest priorities and that research findings are relevant and actionable. ADAPT has a rich tradition in conducting high-impact health services research, including a dedicated Implementation and Improvement Science Lab, as well as a Non-Randomized Designs Lab and a Pragmatic

The selected individual will:

• Interact with statisticians, health economists, clinicians, and health services investigators at every level of the scientific process, from initiation of new research projects to publication
• Serve as a co-author on scientific papers written for scholarly journals
• Assist in the design of data collection protocols
• Extract and clean data from large administrative databases
• Perform statistical analyses for a variety of health services research studies
• Collaborate with an experienced and well-funded team of staff and faculty biostatisticians

Please email a cover letter and curriculum vitae to: Sandra Woolson, M..H., Data and Analytics Manager, Biostatistics
Core sandra.woolson@va.gov